Great topic! I saw him with once with the Allman Bros. in Boston, sometime around '93 or '94. Never got into the Mule until after he had passed. For some reason I thought he played an Alembic on "Kind of Bird" from Shades of Two Worlds but it's probably just my imagination!

Joey Arkenstat is a legend! I want to get some of his instructional materials. : )

I saw the Mule open for the Allmans in the mid-90s, but I didn't pay much attention to them. I started getting into them more around 2004 and I've seen them in concert many times. Warren Haynes is one of my favorite musicians.

I also recommend the CD/video The Deepest End (I think that's what it's called), which is a live concert featuring many of the players from Rising Low. Unfortunately, it does not include Joey Arkenstat. No Alembics, either.

rising low could have been 100% excellent but I give it a 50% because the film maker couldn't get his ego out of the way. I met and hung with woody and talked a bit about Alembic. He is greatly missed.

It could have been his regular 4-string, but the first time I saw him w/ ABB in the early 90s I could swear that he came out w/ one during Whipping Post, and did a solo out coming out of the drum solo.... It was definitely an Exploiter though...